Both Uses
persist
in
The Call of the Wild
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- She no longer considered the dogs, and because she was sore and tired, she persisted in riding on the sled.†
p. 112.3 *persisted = continued
- Again Buck knew them as things heard in that other world which persisted in his memory.†
p. 179.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(persist) to continue -- often despite difficulty or to repeat a question
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)